On Saturday, October 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Ana Rukavina Foundation, in cooperation with the City of Ivanić-Grad, will hold the 500th jubilee event of registration in the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The Ana Rukavina Foundation will hold an event in Ivanić-Grad in the area of the City Administration (Park hrvatskih branitelja 1), on the occasion […]
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22 potential donors in Velika Gorica
At the event held today in Velika Gorica, 22 potential donors joined the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. We held the action in cooperation with Mrs. Marta Šurmanović and the City of Velika Gorica at the premises of the Galženica Cultural Center.
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The meeting of two great humanitarians, maestro Jose Carreras and Prof. Mirando Mrsić, medical director of the Ana Rukavina Foundation
On the occasion of the concert of maestro Jose Carreras, which will take place tonight, September 23, 2024, in the “Vatroslav Lisinski” Concert Hall in Zagreb, Prof. Mirando Mrsić, medical director of the Ana Rukavina Foundation, met with the legendary tenor at the Sheraton Zagreb Hotel. The purpose of the meeting was to thank him for everything he did for […]
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World Bone Marrow Donor Day
September 17 is marked World Bone Marrow Donor Day. Since 2015, this day has been celebrated every third Saturday in September to remind of the importance of registering in the registers of voluntary donors of hematopoietic stem cells, donating cord blood stem cells, and to thank all the wonderful people who took the time to donate a part of themselves […]
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World Lymphoma Awareness Day
On September 15, we celebrate World Lymphoma Awareness Day. Lymphomas are malignant diseases whose tumor cells originate from the lymphatic system. It is a disease related to leukemia, and it is also caused by a malignant change of lymphocytes and their uncontrolled multiplication.
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In August, one person was given a chance to live!
In August, a transplant of hematopoietic stem cells from a Croatian donor was performed for a patient from Croatia. Thanks to the selfless donors of hematopoietic stem cells, 181 sick people were given a chance to live! Many thanks to all the donors who decided to help.
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150 new samples tissue-typed in August
The Clinical Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology of University Hospital Centre Zagreb tissue typed 150 new samples of potential donor sin August. Currently, the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry has 64.266 tissue-typed donors. A big thank you to all the selfless potential donors who joined the Croatian Registry to give hope for recovery to strangers.
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230 potential donors in Vukovar!
At the event of enrollment in the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry, held today at the Vukovar Health Center, 230 potential donors joined the Croatian Registry to help the young Vukovar resident Damir, as well as everyone else who is looking for a matching donor.
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150 new samples tissue-typed in July
The Clinical Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology of University Hospital Centre Zagreb tissue typed 150 new samples of potential donor sin July. Currently, the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry has 64.116 tissue-typed donors.
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Four sick people were given hope for life!
For the upcoming weekend, we welcome you with wonderful news that came to us from the Croatian Bone Marrow Donor Registry; in July, as many as four hematopoietic stem cell transplants were performed!
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